The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 484

You are the hardest person!”

The words slipped out of Dorothy’s mouth before she could stop them, and only after they were hanging in the air did she realize they had a certain ambiguity.

Everett, ever the troublemaker, chose to play along. “Yes, I am. I’ll own that.”

“Ugh, I can’t even deal with you right now!”

Dorothy turned to leave, but Everett’s grip was ironclad, unyielding.

She frowned in frustration, “Why do you have to be such a pain like Jeffrey, picking up his bad habits!”

During the takeover of East Star Enterprises, Dorothy had seriously doubted that the decision was unlikely Everett’s conduct. His demeanor was always collected, mature, and reserved, never acting like a petulant child.

But that decision might have been fatal for both camps!

to play the fool to keep someone like

Everett’s world had been orderly and disciplined: waking up, attending meetings, travelling for work, domestic or international. Nothing seemed amiss. But after reuniting with her, Everett began to see

now. If he let go of her hand for the sake of

sort of twisted logic you learned from

it on

little irritation. “Let

did Everett release her. “Alright! After you’ve eaten, I’ll have

slightly. With only a month to spare, she didn’t want to spend

troubled expression, she pressed,

there was a problem!

loved right beside him while

just

to bottle up his desires!

if you don’t tell me?” Dorothy didn’t keep up with

with her, but he actually seemed hesitant.

“It’s nothing.”

want to know!” Dorothy

voice dropped to a whisper. “It’s just… my chest is injured, but everything else is…. functioning